Wymondham College A GSG School
- Wymondham College
Golf Links Road
Morley
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 9SZ - Head: Zoe Fisher
- T 01953 609000
- F 01953 603313
- E admissions@wymcol.org
- W www.wymondhamcollege.org
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 9 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Norfolk
- Pupils: 1,430; sixth formers: 430
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day Boarding £1,258; Full Boarding £14,238 - £15,177 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 10th October 2023
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The largest state boarding school in the country. Students appreciate their good fortune in being there and want to do their best. ‘We are encouraged to strive for our personal best,’ was one comment, while another said, ‘It’s normal to mind about your work here.’ Saturday morning school for all except the sixth form, balanced by slightly longer holidays and one exeat each side of half-term. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds and this is seen by parents as a positive feature. An overheard exchange between two students at the salad bar – ‘I can’t believe there’s only two types of olive’ – suggests…
What the school says...
Wymondham College has been synonymous with excellence in secondary education since its foundation, with a national and international reputation for the academic, sporting and cultural successes of its students. The College enjoys extensive links with partner schools in China, Spain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Argentina, where students and staff benefit from an exciting programme of cultural visits, exchanges and curriculum enrichment.
Boarding is central to the Wymondham College experience. Some 640 of the Colleges 1278 students board on a full or weekly basis. Most boarders come from East Anglia, but there is a significant number of students from further afield including continental Europe and Hong Kong. Service Children are well represented among the student body. As a state funded boarding school all education at Wymondham College is free but parents (or sometimes charitable trusts or local authorities) pay a fee to cover the costs of the boarding provision at the College. ...Read more
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School associations
State boarding school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2022, Zoe Fisher BA, MAEd, PGCE. She began her teaching career in London and quickly gained leadership roles, developing a strong record of raising standards and improving academic outcomes. She moved to Norfolk as vice principal, leading the sixth form and safeguarding at Wymondham College. She joined the Sapientia Education Trust as director of education before starting her headship at Wymondham. She is also a serving Ofsted Inspector.
The head of prep is Simon Underhill, formerly deputy head of Dulwich College Prep, Shanghai.
Entrance
For the college, the main intake continues to be 11+ for most day and boarding students , 13+ (boarders only) and again in the sixth form, but occasional admissions are made to other years (except 11 and 13). In the prep, day pupils are admitted to reception and...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We have a small number of students with Special Educational Needs including dyslexia, dyspraxia and those who have special needs because English is not their first language. We have a very able Learning Support Co-ordinator (SENCO). Students with special needs often take only one modern language and are withdrawn from the second for one to one or small group support. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Town Close Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 |
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